Iraqi city of Kirkuk hit by deadly bombings

At least 17 people have been killed and many more wounded in a series of bombing that appear to have targeted police in the northern Iraqi town of Kirkuk. The three blasts are reported to have gone off within an hour of each other. Security officials said the first explosion...

Iraq’s Shocking Human Toll

" By John Tirman 03 February, 2009 The Nation About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans We are now able to estimate the number of Iraqis who have died in the war instigated by the Bush administration. Looking at the empirical...

Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 55, Injures 95

At least 55 people were killed when a bomb exploded during a suicide attack in a packed restaurant near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. So far police report at least 95 people were also wounded in the attack, which took place on the final day of the annual 'Feast of the...

Iraq : US Coalition Forces Capture Al-Quaida"Mr. Fixit" in Further Terrorist ...

US Coalition forces in Iraq have captured and detained nine suspected terrorists including a senior Mr. Fixit based in Abu Ghraib and five "Wanted" men , it has been revealed within the last hour.   " Coalition forces in Iraq detained nine suspected terrorists,...

Car bomb in N. Iraq kills 18, wounds 25 - police

There has been another car bomb attack in Iraq and it has reportedly killed more than 18 people. Further details are expected. " A car bomb in a vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar killed 18 people and wounded 25 on Friday, police said. The town, 420 km...

Iraq delays provincial polls

Iraq postponed their provincial elections that were due to be in October, today, after the MPs failed to agree to the necessary legislation in time. This was a blow to the US as they had backed efforts to reconcile the country."Iraq was due to go to the polls on October 1 but...

Operation Nabucco II: Turkey Under Radar Of Ergenekon And Oil War

Some so-called “patriots” or “laicists” have plotted against the Republic of Turkey in “Ergenekon”. Two days after their indictment is accepted two bombs explode in Instanbul. Today 11 people died in oil-rich Kirkuk. And next month Irans President Ahmadinejad is...

Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk

Gunmen ambushed Shiite pilgrims in the a Sunni town south of Baghdad Monday. The pilgrims were marching to a major shrine there for a religious holiday.The area is a former stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq and was touted as one of the success stories of the US military surge,...

Suicide car bomb kills US soldier, wounds 20

One US soldier has been killed and 18 other Americans wounded in a suicide truck attack   in Northern Iraq.  " A suicide truck bomber who concealed his explosives under tanned animal hides struck a U.S. patrol base Sunday in northern Iraq, killing one U.S....